Sentence examples for gradually stretch from inspiring English sources

The gray-green leaves grow in thick, smooth, and rounded and gradually stretch out to a sharp elliptic-shape.

This approach helps emerging giants gradually stretch their capabilities even as they learn how to operate in developed markets.

Manuel had previously indicated that he could send Jenrry Mejia, a 20-year-old reliever, down to the minors to gradually stretch out his innings as a starter.

Make sure you keep an eye on "drift": Some clients or customers may start out being compliant but then gradually stretch the norm out.

With the new high-resolution imagery, it is now clear that as a droplet peels away from a rough surface, the round droplet forms a series of tiny "necks" adhering to each of the high points on the surface; these necks (which the researchers call "capillary bridges") then gradually stretch, thin and break.

You can gradually stretch the skin using different sized tapers (cone-shaped pieces of jewellery).

As the pH values were ranging from 8too 4, both micelles exhibited the gradually stretched conformation with significant increase of Dhs and zeta potentials due to gradual protonation of DEA block and the increasing hydrophilicity of PDEA.

Wind shear in the atmosphere gradually stretches the puff to the point where it becomes no longer identifiable.

That lead gradually stretched out to four minutes before the final lower category climb slowed things down somewhat.

Pressure from the baby's head gradually stretches the tissue until it is paper-thin — a process known as "effacement".

But as his fourth-round match with Tommy Haas of Germany took an unexpected turn and gradually stretched into an epic, the sound effects changed.